Speakers

Michael DeAngelo is a Partner at HolacracyOne, helping organizations make the transition to self‑management organizational models. HolacracyOne was founded in early 2007 to help the emerging Holacracy practice expand its reach and impact, and to offer guidance in self‑management through coaching, training, and software tools.

Prior to joining HolacracyOne, Michael worked as a Director and C‑level executive in multiple industries, including healthcare, government, natural resources, entertainment, and information technology.

Mark Hallenbeck is the Director of the Washington State Transportation Center (TRAC), a cooperative, interdisciplinary transportation research agency, at the University of Washington (UW.) Mark has been with TRAC for over 33 years. He currently teaches Intelligent Transportation Systems and Urban Transportation Planning in Civil Engineering at the UW.

Much of Mark’s research involves the collection, use, summarization, and reporting of data that describe transportation system use and performance. He is currently working with multiple agencies in the region to examine how “big data” and new technology can be used to improve regional mobility, while examining how changing mobility options are affecting land use decisions.

Eric Artz is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.), the largest outdoor consumer co‑op in the United States. The co-op is dedicated to helping our growing community of more than 16 million members live life outside.

Since 2012, Eric has been responsible for the oversight of REI’s finance, digital retail, information systems, supply chain, real estate and corporate strategy. He is an avid cyclist who often commutes by bike to REI’s headquarters. He also enjoys fishing, skiing, and hiking with his family.

Current Snoqualmie Valley and former Seattle 4 Rotarian Erin McCallum is President of FIRST Washington, a national, not-for-profit organization that engages kids in the sport of science, technology, and teamwork. Founded in 1989 by Dean Kamen to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology Erin and a few of our next generation leaders (participating kids, K‑12) and their robots, will show how FIRST Programs (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) are helping to build our future.

Today over 450,000 youth, ages 6‑18, are involved in FIRST programs that excite students to pursue education and careers in STEM-related fields, inspire them to become leaders and innovators, and enhance their 21st century work-life skills. Washington State has nationally recognized FIRST programs, with nearly 12,000 students, on 1,140 teams.

King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci is a mom, transportation leader, and former public safety official. She represents King County District 6, which encompasses all or part of Bellevue, Bothell, Clyde Hill, Hunts Point, Kirkland, Medina, Mercer Island, Redmond, Woodinville and Yarrow Point, Beaux Arts Village and the Sammamish Valley.

Claudia first became active in politics when she joined her neighbors to advocate for the revitalization of her local shopping center in the Lake Hills community in Bellevue. She was later elected to the City Council where she served for 12 years, including two years as Deputy Mayor and two years as Mayor.

As an elected official, Claudia has championed transportation solutions to benefit all Eastsiders, including improvements to major freeways, like SR 520 and I‑405, as well as local arterial projects and improved bike lanes and roadways in Bellevue.

In his role as Senior Director of Corporate Development at PACCAR, Mr. Hastings has responsibility for strategy, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, and the PACCAR Foundation. He has been with PACCAR for 8 years.

Prior to joining PACCAR, Mr. Hastings worked in the Corporate Development group at Microsoft. Earlier in his career, he was an auditor and tax consultant at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen.

In his role at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Matthew Trunnell oversees enterprise and scientific computing services and leads the Hutch Data Commonwealth, a team of data analysts and software engineers building new capabilities to leverage clinical data for research. Trunnell is also working to forge connections between the Hutch and the broader technology community in the Pacific Northwest to help power cancer research.

Sue Brooks is an educator and the founding head of the International Friends School, newly opened in the Wilburton neighborhood of Bellevue. Education and children have grown into a professional passion for Sue that has spanned three continents and three languages.

In 2006, Sue founded a premier early childhood center in Shanghai. In early 2016, she arrived in Seattle, determined to bring a Quaker Friends School to students and families in the Pacific Northwest. This is the first Friends School model based on a global competency framework, helping all students to embrace the world.

Dr. Mixon will be discussing the aging process and the shortcomings of our current medical system in addressing those problems of aging, with a special emphasis on the newer technologies of regenerative medicine such as stem cells.

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Born in Patuxent River Maryland. High school RA MILLIKAN in Long Beach, CA, graduated June 1965.

US Army 173rd Airborne 1965-1968 (Medically retired due to multiple gunshot wounds including three Purple Hearts)

Herb Weisbaum, aka The ConsumerMan, is an Emmy award-winning broadcaster and one of America’s top consumer experts. You hear his consumer reports weekdays on KOMO Newsradio. On a national level, Herb covers the consumer beat for NBCNews.com. During his distinguished career, he has reported for NBC’s TODAY Show, CBS News, and Good Housekeeping magazine.

Herb has been looking out for consumers in western Washington since 1981. His investigative reports led to the passage of Washington State’s comprehensive Automobile Lemon Law.